The song 'Fortnight' by Taylor Swift and Post Malone tells a story about strong feelings, complicated relationships, and secret wishes. It talks about love, betrayal, and wanting someone who doesn't feel the same. The word 'fortnight' shows short-lived happiness and guilty pleasures, leading to sadness. It shows how messy relationships can be and the results of hiding emotions. “I was supposed to be sent away / But they forgot to come and get me,” she kickstarts the song in the first verse with lines suggesting an admission to a hospital for people with mental illnesses. She goes in the verse admitting her lover is the reason why she is like this. In the chorus, she sings about their time in love and reflects on how he has now settled with someone else. “I took the miracle move-on drug, the effects were temporary / And I love you, it’s ruining my life,” on the second verse she details her struggles to forget about him and the negative effects of her failure. “Thought of callin’ ya, but you won’t pick up / ‘Nother fortnight lost in America,” Post Malone sings in the outro.
I think you know, but just for the record
I only like you for your large hands
And I must admit I'm jealous cause mine are small
But I'll still use them to slap the grease off of that photogenic man
Because if you're gone then I'm gone,
Whatever road you are on, I know we'll survive
Just as long, just as long as you drive
I'll hold my arms up til the blood drains from my fingertips
My shoulder blades with burn but I won't be the first to quit
But I can't watch as your apendages fall from your sleeves
I wanna put you back together if you'll let me
If you're gone then I'm gone,
Whatever road you are on, I know we'll survive
Just as long, just as long as you drive
I found a piece of you on the floor next to couch
Near the gummi bears that your mom left out
I found a piece of you, under the desk
Near the cross word that you never finished
I belive in something, that's looking down
And you've watched that something smash my face into the ground
And I was convinced that there was nothing left to put me through
Until I thought that I might lose you
If you're gone then I'm gone
Whatever road you are on, I know we'll survive
Just as long, just as long, just as long
If you're gone then I'm gone
Whatever road you are on, I know we'll survive
Just as long, just as long, just as long
If you're gone then I'm gone
Whatever road you are on, I know we'll survive
Just as long, just as long, just as long
Just as long as you drive
I only like you for your large hands
And I must admit I'm jealous cause mine are small
But I'll still use them to slap the grease off of that photogenic man
Because if you're gone then I'm gone,
Whatever road you are on, I know we'll survive
Just as long, just as long as you drive
I'll hold my arms up til the blood drains from my fingertips
My shoulder blades with burn but I won't be the first to quit
But I can't watch as your apendages fall from your sleeves
I wanna put you back together if you'll let me
If you're gone then I'm gone,
Whatever road you are on, I know we'll survive
Just as long, just as long as you drive
I found a piece of you on the floor next to couch
Near the gummi bears that your mom left out
I found a piece of you, under the desk
Near the cross word that you never finished
I belive in something, that's looking down
And you've watched that something smash my face into the ground
And I was convinced that there was nothing left to put me through
Until I thought that I might lose you
If you're gone then I'm gone
Whatever road you are on, I know we'll survive
Just as long, just as long, just as long
If you're gone then I'm gone
Whatever road you are on, I know we'll survive
Just as long, just as long, just as long
If you're gone then I'm gone
Whatever road you are on, I know we'll survive
Just as long, just as long, just as long
Just as long as you drive
Lyrics submitted by seabearia
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I absolutely love this song. :) I'm so excited that she's coming to Texas in April!